Pact seeks copyright reform

When the history of intellectual creativity and technological innovation is written, it may cite the events of last week as significant. For a shift of paradigm took place in the way the public and the governments of developing countries view the role of intellectual property rights. 

A DECLARATION on intellectual property was launched in Geneva by 500 individuals and groups last Wednesday while a debate took place at the world’s premier intellectual property organisation on whether to set up a “development agenda.”